. Cyclopedia of American horticulture : comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches. Gardening; Horticulture; Horticulture; Horticulture. SPIR^A apex. July. Himal. Gn. 15, p. 49; 49, p. 421; 52, p. 28; 54, p. 48. —Very graceful and handsome shrub, but not hardy north. It occurs under very many different names in the gardens, as S. argintea, cuneAta, ciinei- fdlia, flagellAta, flagelUfirmis, rotundifdlia,
. Cyclopedia of American horticulture : comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches. Gardening; Horticulture; Horticulture; Horticulture. SPIR^A apex. July. Himal. Gn. 15, p. 49; 49, p. 421; 52, p. 28; 54, p. 48. —Very graceful and handsome shrub, but not hardy north. It occurs under very many different names in the gardens, as S. argintea, cuneAta, ciinei- fdlia, flagellAta, flagelUfirmis, rotundifdlia, vaccinifd- lia, and others. 22. decumbens, W. Koch {S. proctimbens, Hort.). Dwarf, procumbent shrub, about ^ ft. high, with as- cending branches, glabrous : Ivs. elliptic to oblong, acute at both ends, crenately serrate above the middle, glabrous, %-l in. long: fls. white, in small corymbs, about 2 in. across: follicles glabrous, with upright ter- minal styles. June. Tyrol. II. shrub for rockeries. 23. longig^mmis, Maxim. Shrub, 4 ft. high, with slender terete branches, glabrous: axillary buds acumi- nate, longer than the petioles: Ivs. ovate-lanceolate to oblong - lanceolate, incisely and doubly serrate, with glandular-tipped teeth, bright green, glabrous, 1K-2H in. long: fls. white, in rather loose, 2-3-in. broad, pubescent corymbs; sepals spreading in fr.: follicles almost gla- brous, with terminal spreading styles. June. N. W. China. 7 24. MUa, Sims'(S. ovdta, and S. cdccinea, Hort.). Shrub, 3 ft. high, with slender, spreading branches, an- gular and sparingly pubescent : Ivs. broadly ovate to ovate, sharply and often doubly serrate, almost gla- brous, whitish or bluish green "beueath, 1-2 in. long: fls. polygamous, pink, in small corymbs, ^2-2 in. across; stamens little longer than petals; sepals reflexed in fr.: follicles pubescent only at the inner suture, with spreading styles. June, July. Himal. 242G. 13
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